Hardcore Emo is a style of music that existed primarily in the early-mid 90s, also known as "chaotic emo". Many Hardcore Emo bands are often misinterpreted as Emo Violence bands. The first hints of the sound began with bands like "Merel" and "Iconoclast" on the East Coast, but it is considered to have primary started in 1991 by the San Diego band Heroin. The sound is most associated with that and other bands on Gravity Records at the time. This article deals with the genre of music. ... Hardcore punk is a faster, heavier version of punk rock, characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... This article deals with the genre of music. ... Hardcore Emo is a style of music that existed primarily in the early-mid 90s, also known as chaotic emo. Many Hardcore Emo bands are often misinterpreted as Emo Violence bands. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Screamo is a musical genre which evolved from emo, more specifically hardcore emo in the early 1990s. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of emo bands. ... This is a timeline of alternative rock, from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... San Diego County in the Southwest corner of California. ... Heroin is considered the first true hardcore emo band, coming out of San Diego around 1991. ...

Hardcore Emo took the emo sound of bands like Indian Summer, Embassy, Current, Still Life, etc. and made it faster and much more chaotic. Some later bands that followed include Antioch Arrow, Mohinder, Portraits of Past, Swing Kids , Honeywell (band), Angel Hair, Assfactor 4, Palatka and John Henry West. This article deals with the genre of music. ... Indian Summer was an early and influential emo band from Oakland, California. ... Still Life is a rock band from Humberside in the United Kingdom. ... Antioch Arrow, from California, was on the seminal hardcore/emo label Gravity Records, responsible for putting San Diego on the map in the mid-90s as one of the epicenters of the movement. ... Mohinder was a hardcore-emo band on Gravity Records from Cupertino, California during 1993 and 1994, featuring members of the seminal emo band Indian Summer. ... Portraits of Past was a emo hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area. ... WHAT THE HECK IS THIS THING?? GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGLY! ... Angel hair is an alleged substance of unknown origin, said to emanate from UFOs after they fly overhead. ... Assfactor 4 was a hyper punk band formed by 2 members of Tonka and 2 members of Unherd. ...

By the mid-90s, the scene had largely died out, but French Canadian bands like Union of Uranus and One Eyed God Prophecy kept the style alive to some extent. Today the style is rarely played in its purest form, but it was the primary influence on late 90s/early 00s bands which started the "screamo revival" such as Orchid, Jerome's Dream and Usurp Synapse. French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ... Screamo is a musical genre which evolved from emo, more specifically hardcore emo in the early 1990s. ... Considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the screamo sound, Orchid was first and foremost a hardcore band. ... Jeromes Dream was a very chaotic screamo band which was formed in 1997 from Amherst, MA. Their songs usually feautred intros with a lot of ambient noise which would eventually end up becoming a breakdown with very high pitched screaming. ... A band both loved and hated, Usurp Synapse was one of the most undeniably heavy and innovative bands in the Emo Violence scene. ...

Some would consider this term a bit of a misnomer as the term "emo" itself was originally a shortened form of "emotional hardcore" - so "hardcore emo(tional hardcore)" is redundant. [1]